Such a coin is a collectible. And the people from Collectibles subforum can answer best to this answer or point you to the right direction.
And since many of them don't have other interests in this forum, best is to ask there (either move this topic there, either ask again)


Any proper bitcoiner will tell you that it's not worth to move coins from your wallet to the custody of somebody else, no matter how reputed that somebody else is. Shortly "not your keys, not your coins".
Bitcoin, on the average, has a very good increase in price over time, so seeking extra earnings has more risks than benefits.
In your case, since it's a collectible, also peeling off the seal for the coin should decrease its value by a great deal.

But again, I am not a specialist in this, go to the collectibles section and ask there, it's the best approach: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=217.0

Nici eu nu am zis ca ar fi prost. Doar ca deciziile sale sunt mai degraba politice, iar faptul ca gireaza prosti (plus cati dinozauri mai sunt pe acolo) face destul de improbabil un suflu tanar care sa ne duca spre directia pe care ne-am dori-o.


Pai la un moment dat NASA inca folosea procesoare 486 pentru programele spatiale. Erau printre cele mai bune ca nu iroseau curentul electric (nu produceau atata caldura aiurea).
Dar citisem asta mai de multisor, nu stiu cat de actuala mai este.


Daca cu demersurile pentru moneda EUR sunt tot la faza de planuri, chiar crezi ca la Bitcoin s-o grabi? Deci poti sa toot astepti... Sorry. Cred ca suntem prea optimisti pentru ceea ce poate tara asta in realitate.

It has just occurred to me: was there any discussion on how much CO2 was and will be created in vain just because Baku hosts Euro games?

And more on topic: indeed, Turkey performance was weak. Much weaker than I would have thought. In the first game I thought it was an exception/bad luck (and yeah, Italy), but today... it was sad...

New Electrum was released. Bug fixes and reproducible builds for Android seem to be the only news.
https://mobile.twitter.com/ElectrumWallet/status/1405235789311660033

It may worth also mentioning that SomberNight has started using a new GPG key:
https://mobile.twitter.com/ElectrumWallet/status/1405171848447414277

Bitcoin rise is made of smaller and bigger bubbles. Some are indeed B I G. Still... I'd say that most probably it won't "become the biggest bubble economy in history" because:

1. Bitcoin is not a bubble per se, it should "settle" sooner or later to much smaller price fluctuations, hence also smaller growth.

2. In human history things tend to "evolve", whether they're good or bad. So I expect that sometime in the future something even bigger will come to reality.

Owww... in this light it all makes more sense.
Well, a Ponzi is a scam, no matter how it's wrapped and how it's called. And I was expecting a proper legit business...
And yeah, such rules, while ensure the coin is (one paper) never falling, they also makes it just another scam.

Indeed, the trend means buying when everybody is buying. And when everybody is buying the price is going upwards.
Imho, if one sells when the price is rising, it means that he sells when the others are buying, so imho it's against the trend.

This would denote that the seller is either not really newbie and had a plan to sell after a certain profit, either knows how to read the news and TA and expects a reversal - i.e. again not a newbie.

Imho you can't.
Such buys are probably made by 3rd party specialized companies or actual exchanges.
The buys are spread to different times, values and maybe exchanges too, so you won't notice anything different than a dozen of traders buying now and then.

From what I've read it was costing in January about 0.001 BTC to mine 1 tBTC. That's some 40$.
So I guess that a win-win situation could be that you ask for a tBTC loan here and send the proper amount of BTC to an escrow or the lender.
Although that amount will be more than 20$, you'll receive it back (excepting the tx fees) when you finished your tests and send the tBTC back to the lender.

Centralized means that people have to take your word for it. It means that you have to prove that you own enough assets to back your coins and it means that there may always exist a doubt that you issue more coins than you declare, or do something odd behind the scenes. Centralization can too easily cover a scam and it won't be easy to get to the amount of trust you need to have such a coin successfully.

Most probably not, unfortunately.
The first rule is to keep invested only money you afford to lose. They don't have such money and this means that they will most probably cash in if the coin had a short bull run, or cash in desperately when the coin is falling, or cash in just because they ran out of fiat. I don't see any winning situation in this equation, i.e. a situation your friends would get to HODL for a relevant period of time, enough time for the (probably few) coins they've bought to grow so much to make them rich.

Sorry, I don't see then how it could never fall. It will always have its moments the price will fall against something.


If you can mathematically prove that this can work, if everything is transparent and decentralized, the only remaining open point is trust - you have to prove that the network is strong enough and you / your business model can work. It may take a lot of time...
Unfortunately I remain skeptic: I don't think that this is possible in real life.

Indeed, a new version. Since I use Ledger Live seldom, only for firmware updates now and then, I didn't see this. Thanks for posting.
And this is the official announcement in LL, it may be of help. Don't forget: ledger.com

Unless the market is manipulated, this cannot actually happen.


Unfortunately the main obstacle is that reality is harsher than the dreams.

This would be my take too. One can have all he wants in the comfort of his house and also privacy. I expect a regular player will prefer that.

Of course, some want to be seen by the crowd, some want a certain visible status; but those are most probably not regulars.

Many altcoins are kinda useless anyway. However, I don't expect LN have a crucial effect on them.

And LN is not a perfect solution. It's a step forward, but it will have its opponents and its problems too. Even the fact that it stays that long labelled as "beta" is a bit worrying.
Many won't understand that it is normal that it needs coins locked and on-chain transaction for finalize everything (I don't know how to say it better), many won't understand why it doesn't work just like that from <insert-wallet-name-here>, many (will) cry that it creates centralization and basically works only with custodian wallets.

All in all, many will prefer altcoins, even centralized altcoins, that do the same job. And if some of those altcoins will work seamlessly for payments at merchants, maybe also allowing some sort of atomic swap with Bitcoin, they could easily become a strong competitor for LN.

Imho you cannot pinpoint the best time to sell unless it have already passed.
So you have to have a plan and stick to it. Sell 10% at price X, sell other 20% at price Y, buy more if it falls under Z.
Greed may or may not help you, it may make you rich or may make you bagholder, depending on the coin.
And if possible, diversify to minimize the risk (this usually also means to keep 50%+ in BTC)


Of course, you have to make your own decisions, don't follow blindly any advice. Your money, your decisions, your responsibility.

Even newbie trader wannabes know that "the trend is your friend" and it's counterproductive to piss against the wind.
So FUD and panic will not make them sell if the price is growing, for example. Just my 2 satoshi... but yeah, no worries, I don't expect everybody agree with me 

I'm not familiar with this, but I think that you're correct.


No impact at all. This will impact only those who use certain reserve assets only because they're required by the law.
Bitcoin is for those more open minded and with appetite for a bit of risk too, who want a reserve asset they can have gains from and can easily HODL.

Banks' interest towards Bitcoin was only to get/keep their customers, they will keep using gold as reserve asset.
Corporations on the other hand, will be diversified in basically everything, from gold to stocks and from bonds to Bitcoin. They afford a certain degree of risk and their "expansion" in the crypto markets won't be hindered by re-classification of (the same old) gold.

Whatever you imagine bitcoin's "return to the roots", it can't "become a currency"^* just like that for political and technical reasons:
- central banks and governments will not simply make way for the decentralized newcomer
- on-chain transactions are not suitable for payments at the grocery store

So in order to "become a currency"^* Bitcoin has to actually evolve, which is imho the opposite of returning to the roots.
And we'll be getting there too. The SegWit changes were for that reason. LN is also for that and it started to be used more and more.


^* Bitcoin is already a currency. For many years already. You can buy a lot of goods and services with it. It's indeed not "perfect" yet for average Joe, who doesn't understand network fees, mempool, block time and such, hence my reply.